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     Jared Bernstein, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Cecilia Elena Rouse.      Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Jewel Hairston Bronaugh. # # #
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President Joe Biden looks forward to welcoming President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission to the White House on Friday, March 10, 2023.  The leaders will review the strong cooperation between the United States and the European Union to support Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and democracy and to impose costs on Russia…
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Via Teleconference 5:02 P.M. EST MODERATOR:  Hi everyone.  And thanks for joining.  This is [Moderator] from NSC.  Before we get started, a quick housekeeping: Everyone on this call should have received the embargoed copy of the factsheet and an embargoed version of the strategy.  All of that is embargoed until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow for reference. …
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Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk spoke yesterday with Prime Minister Najla Bouden of Tunisia to discuss the U.S.-Tunisia relationship and the longstanding, close historical ties between the American and Tunisian peoples.  Mr. McGurk and Prime Minister Bouden reaffirmed their mutual commitment to…
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New technologies are often surrounded by hopeful messages that they will alleviate poverty and bring about positive social change. History shows these assumptions are often misplaced.

Today, President Biden signed National Security Memorandum (NSM) 19 to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism and Advance Nuclear and Radioactive Material Security worldwide. This comprehensive new strategy advances several of President Biden’s most enduring national security priorities: protecting our nation and the international community from the existential threats posed by WMD terrorism and…
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Experts still disagree about why the US prison population has grown so much over the last few decades. But crime is only one part of the problem.

Cartoonists throughout the nation’s history have been jailed, beaten, sued and censored his work rejected for what he’s expressed off the page.

Two concepts can help explain why society seems increasingly unable to agree on basic facts.

While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.